Review About: Red Door Interactive

Author

 Kelly Abbott (100%)
Rating:
*****

Relationship

 Employer
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Review #1148

Reid Carr is one of those rare beasts that excels at everything he tries.

I first met Reid when he and I shared the same virtual office. He was working out of the LA office of PBJ. I was working out of the Eugene, Oregon office. I don't know quite how it happened but we hit if off immediately. I was his Sherpa, you could say. Reid was the AE for some of our biggest accounts and I was the ad hoc lead developer in the Eugene office. I guess we impressed each other because when I moved down to LA only a month after he took a job in Eugene he began recruiting me for a job he foresaw opening in San Diego at the McQuerter group. Reid's the kind of guy who treats good people well and surrounds himself with winners. So it wasn't much longer in LA before PBJ started going downhill (hostile takeover) and I took Reid up on his offers.

What developed from a casual work friendship has since grown into something much more. It wasn't long before Reid called on me to help him make his dreams come true. In 2002 we started Red Door Interactive together. we'd already become good friends and it seemed only natural that I could help him achieve greatness.

Reid isn't a leader in business alone. True, he's on the board of the San Diego Venture Group. True, he's the President of the 30-person strong Red Door Interactive. True, he's avid contributor to iMedia Connection and other periodicals. But Reid is also a great team player in soccer, a great guy to play a round of golf with, and always a challenging debater in conversation. Reid never takes a pass for granted, never curses a fat and ugly chip shot, and never lets you take your notions for granted. Reid elicits wins, discovery, and ideas wherever he goes.

My mother is fond of this adage: you can judge people by how they treat others. By and large I think there is no other measure for man. In a restaurant, Reid is never the rude, ugly patron. At work, he's never overly anxious and though he is demanding he's never unwilling to have you do something he's not prepared to do himself. Reid never has anything negative to say about anyone else. And Reid always remembers your birthday, your anniversary and notes your latest wins no matter how small.

Finally, I don't think this review will go to Reid's head. Secretly i know he knows he's a success at whatever he puts his mind to. But one quality Reid possesses above all others is his ability to remain humble and concentrate on what's important in life: relationships.

I'm proud to call Reid a friend.
 
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